Safety-pocket.



M. RUDLOPP.

SAFETY POCKET.

APPLICATION nun rum, 1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERSCOH PHOTU-LIYh-I. WASHINGTON,

MARTIN RUDLOFF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914..

Application filed February 24, 1914. Serial No. 820,467.

To all whomc't may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN RUnLorr, a subjectof the Emperor of Germany, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Pockets; and I do hereby. declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers Skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to pockets for mens garments and more particularlyto pockets suitable for use in coats and trousers, the prime objectbeing to provide a pocket con-- struction which will battle the ordinarypickpocket and which will require special manipulation for abstractingobjects from the pocket, although readily permitting their insertion.

Another object is to provide simple means for readily manipulating thesafety pocket construction of my invention to facilitate the removal ofobjects carried in the pocket.

Still another object is to provide a guard formation which will readilypermit the insertion of objects into the pocket, but which will preventtheir ready removal.

I accomplish these objects by the construction shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure -1- is a side elevation of a coat equippedwith my invention. Fig. -2- is an enlarged fragmentary section throughthe coat of Fig. 1 along the lines 2-2. Fig. 3- is an enlarged view ofthe lower portion of Fig. -2- and of a portion of a hand manipulatingthe same. Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of another embodimentof my invention. Fig. -5 is a horizontal section through Fig. 4- alongthe line 5-5. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a trousers pocket showinganother embodiment of my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I equip the garment with a compositepocket construction consisting essentially of a main pocket having anupper entrance opening and of an auxiliary pocket disposed near thelower end of the said main pocket, the main pocket being provided at ornear its lower end with a normally elosed aperture which may be openedto permit objects to pass from the main pocket to the auxiliary pocket.The arrangement of the associated pockets, of the aperture orintermediary opening leading from one to the other, and of the means foropening the said aperture may all be varied greatly with substantiallyequal facility, as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 6 respectively. In theconstruction of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the coat 1 is eqi'lipped with acomposite pocket construction consisting of an upper pocket 2 to whichaccess is had through an entrance opening 3, and which upper pocket hasits inner wall formed sub* stantially continuous with the lining of anauxiliary pocket 5 disposed in the coat at some distance below the saidmain pocket 2,.the auxiliary pocket 5 having an entrance 6 nomallyclosed by a flap 7 and disposed intermediate of the lower end of thepocket 5 and the said entrance opening 3. The main pocket 2 projects atits lower end into the interior of the auxiliary pocket 5, and has itsfront and rear walls 8 and 9 equipped with resilient members 10 adaptednormally to draw the said lower end portions of the pocket together, asin Fig. --2, so as to effectively close the said lower end of thepocket. By flexing the said members 10 so as to spread the same apartand thereby separate the said lower wall portions of the pocket 2, thelatter may be opened so as to permit its contents to fall into theauxiliary pocket 5. To effect such an opening of the normally closedaperture connecting the associated pockets, one of the walls of thepocket 2 may be continued farther into the auxiliary pocket 5 than theother, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the respective lower end portions ofthe pocket may readily be manipulated by the fingers of a hand insertedthrough the entrance 6 of the lower pocket, as shown in Fig. -3. Or, theflexible members 10 may be formed in the shape of a flattened elastichoop secured to the lower end of the pocket 2, as shown in Figs. i c--and 5-, in which case the said hoop may be expanded by grasping the edgeportions thereof as shown in dotted lines in Fig. -5-.

To prevent an easy withdrauuil of objects from the main pocket 2 throughan entrance opening 3, I preferably equip the said pocket with resilientelements 11 disposed close to the said entrance opening 3 and normallyforcibly closing the said opening.

Owing to the greater pressure required to expand the entrance opening 3when equipped with such a guard formation, the wearer of the coat Wlllreadily be aware of any attempt made to pick the said pocket through theentrance opening thereto, and in case the pickpocket should get his handinto the pocket, the guard formation would prevent him from readilyremoving articles from th pocket. 7

Where the pocket construction of my invention is to be used inconnection with change pockets on mens trousers, the intermediaryopening connecting the change pocket 12 with the trousers pocket 13 may30 disposed along one edge of the change pocket, as shown in Fig. 6-. Inthis case, the said aperture is normally contracted by an elastic band14 which draws the portion of the pocket surrounding the said openinginto folds, and which is equipped with a tab 15 by means of which thesaid elastic band may be distended to expand the pocket into theposition shown in dotted lines, thereby permitting the contents of thispocket to drop into the main trousers pocket 13, and to be removedtherefrom through the usual entrance opening 16 of the said trouserspocket.

lit will be evident from the above description, that the pocketconstruction of my invention will readily permit the insertion ofobjects into the main pockets in accordance with the usual custom, butthat they will make it difficult for any one to withdraw such objectsthrough the entrance opening of the pocket, although permitting the userof the garment to easily remove the contents of the said pockets throughthe auxiliary pockets associated therewith.

While I have shown and described the pocket construction of my inventionas ap-- plied to mens coats and trousers, I do not wish to be limited tothese applications, nor to the particular details of the embodimentsherein disclosed, it being evident that these might be modified in manyways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

1' claim as new and desire to cover by Letters Patent: I

1. In a garment, the combination with a pocket, of a secondpocket-depending into the interior thereof, each of said pockets havinga separate entrance opening, one thereof having an intermediary openingconnecting the interiors of said pockets, and elastic means associatedwith said intermediary opening and normally closing the same, saidelastic means so disposed as to be capable of manipulation by a handinserted in the first-named pocket to open said intermediary opening.

2pln a garment, the combination with a pocket, of a second pocketdepending into the interior thereof, each of said pockets hav ing aseparate entrance opening, one thereof having an intermediary openingconnecting the interiors of said pockets, and elastic means associatedwith said intermediary opening and normally closing the same, saidelastic means so disposed as to be capable of manipulation by a handinserted in the firstnamed pocket to open said intermediary opening, andelastic means disposed on the interior of the said second pocket andguarding the entrance thereto to prevent a ready retr ction of objectsfrom said second pocket through the entrance opening thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

h/IARTIN RUDLOFF.

Witnesses ALBERT Sonnmnn, M. M. BOYLE.

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